Tema Milstein

Professor Tema Milstein is a leading scholar in Environmental Communication at the University of New South Wales, affiliated with the Environment & Society Group. She convenes the Master of Environmental Management program and co-leads the (Daily) Delight~Disrupt initiative for ecocentric transformation.

• Education: PhD in Communication (University of Washington), MA in Environmental Communication (University of New Mexico).
• Research: Focuses on ecocultural identities, environmental activism, and transformative pedagogy, spanning global contexts like New Zealand, Italy, and the US.

Milstein's publications bridge environmental journalism, ecotourism critique, and embodied ecological practices. Her work emphasizes shifting language to enable sustainable futures and has been supported by grants including UNSW Visiting Teaching Fellowship and US Fulbright Scholar funding.

• Awards: 2020 UNSW Dean's Research Award for Society Impact, 2016 University of Tasmania Visiting Fellow, multiple National Communication Association honors.
• Service: Sits on editorial boards for Environmental Communication and Quarterly Journal of Speech, and advises UNSW's Fowlers Gap Research Station and Institute for Industrial Decarbonisation.